Press Roundup Friday 18 June 2010

Press Roundup Friday 18 June 2010

By Press Office

June 18, 2010

A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids.

Religion & Society

Female US bishop forced to carry mitre in ‘snub’ by Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace is investigating the way the leader of the Episcopal Church was treated this week after Anglicans in the US complained that she was ordered to carry her mitre, rather than wear it, at Southwark Cathedral.http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/article2560490.ece[1]

400,000 displaced by Kyrgyz ethnic violence
As many as 400,000 people have been displaced by ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, the United Nations announced yesterday, dramatically increasing the official estimate of the impact of a crisis that has left refugees without enough food and water in camps on the Uzbekistani border.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/400000-displaced-by-kyrgyz-...[9]

Israel's partial easing of Gaza blockade dismissed as inadequate
Israel's decision today to allow a partial easing of the blockade of Gaza was given a cool response by the international community, while Palestinians demanded the blockade be lifted completely. Aid agencies condemned it as inadequate.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/17/israel-gaza-blockade-partial...[10]

End whaling ban to control killings, say conservationists
A coalition of leading conservation organisations has announced that the 26-year ban on commercial whaling should be lifted, given the whaling activities of Iceland, Norway and Japan.http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article2561410.ece[14]

Aung San Suu Kyi's desperate plea to the world
As Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to celebrate her 65th birthday tomorrow, confined in the house in which she has spent most of the past two decades, a confidante of the Burmese opposition leader has made a simple but passionate appeal to those in the West to use their freedom to help his country achieve the same.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyis-desperate...[16]

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